Filip Vujanovic

Filip Vujanovic (1 September 1954-) was Prime Minister of Montenegro from 5 February 1998 to 5 November 2002 (succeeding Milo Dukanovic and preceding Dragan Durovic) and President from 25 November 2002 to 19 May 2003 (succeeding Dukanovic and preceding Dragan Kujovic) and from 22 May 2003 to 22 May 2018 (succeeding Kujovic and preceding Dukanovic).

Biography
Filip Vujanovic was born and raised in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia, and he worked as a lawyer before entering politics in 1993. That year, he joined the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, and he served as Minister of Justice in Milo Dukanovic's pro-Slobodan Milosevic government of 1993-1996. From 1996 to 1998, he served as Interior Minister, and he then served as Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002. That year, he became acting President, and he served as President until 2018, when Dukanovic succeeded him. As President of Montenegro, Vujanovic recognized the independence of Kosovo.